ko

See also: kő, Appendix:Variations of "ko", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Etymology

From Japanese 劫 (コウ, kō)

Noun

ko (uncountable)

1. Template:game of go a local shape to which the ko rule applies, a ko shape

   Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.

2. Template:game of go ko fight

   Black wins the ko easily.

3. Template:game of go a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone

   Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Derived terms

• ko threat
• ko fight
• ten thousand year ko
• hanami ko

Anagrams

• ok, OK

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Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) kýr.

Noun

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

1. cow

Inflection

Declension of ko

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ko	koen	køer	køerne
genitive	kos	koens	køers	køernes

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Ewe

Verb

ko

1. to laugh

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French

Noun

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

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Japanese

Syllable

ko (romaji ko)

1. The hiragana syllable こ (ko) or the katakana syllable コ (ko) in Hepburn romanization.

Noun

1. 子, 児: child
2. 光: light, ray, beam
3. こ: hiragana letter ko
4. コ: katakana letter ko

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Lithuanian

Pronoun

ko

1. what

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Tagalog

Pronoun

ko

1. my

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Lojban

Cmavo

(pro-sumti)

1. is substituted for "do" to make the bridi imperative

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Mapudungun

Noun

ko (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. water

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Min Nan

Particle

1. a morpheme which has a root meaning of tall. It is nearly always used as part of a name or compound word.

Derived terms

• 高速 (ko-sok) high-speed
• 高溫 (ko-un) high-temperature

Particle

1. a morpheme which has a root meaning of paste or cream. It is nearly always used as part of a name or compound word.

Derived terms

• Template:zh-ts (khí-ko) toothpaste

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Old Norse

Noun

ko

1. (East dialect) cow

References

• Wikipedia article Old Norse language

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Rapa Nui

Interjection

ko

1. exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

Usage notes

For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.

Particle

ko

1. particle prefixed to names as a determinative

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Template:proto, from Template:proto.

Alternative forms

• (Croatian) tkȍ

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kô/

Pronoun

1. who

Declension

Declension of ko

	singular/plural
nominative	tkȍ, kȍ
genitive	kòga, kȍg
dative	kòmu, kòme, kȍm
accusative	kòga, kȍg
vocative	—
locative	kòm, kòme
instrumental	kȋm, kíme

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian kȁo

Alternative forms

• kȁo, k'o

Conjunction

1. Template:colloquial (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Misspelling of k'o.

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Slovene

Conjunction

ko

1. when (at what time)

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Swedish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Swedish (deprecated template usage) ko, from Template:proto. Cognate with Old West Norse (deprecated template usage) kýr and English (deprecated template usage) cow.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kuː/

• noicon

  (file)

Noun

ko ?

1. cow; female cattle
2. a female member of a number of other species, such as elk

See also

• kossa
• oxe
• stut
• kreatur
• nöt, nötkreatur
• kalv
• kviga

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Tocharian A

Noun

ko

1. cow

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Tuvaluan

Marker

Template:rfc-header ko

1. present perfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

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Vietnamese

Abbreviation

ko

1. (deprecated template usage) (Internet slang) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Abbreviation of không.

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Volapük

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) con.

Preposition

ko

1. with

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West Frisian

Noun

ko (plural kij)

1. cow